“The one concern of the devil is to keep the
saints from prayer. Our enemy fears nothing from prayerless
studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil,
mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray. Prayer turns
ordinary mortals into men of power. Prayer brings fire. It brings
rain. It brings life. It brings God. There is no power like that of
prevailing prayer.” Samuel Chadwick, The Path of Prayer
Category Archives: Christian Spirituality
It’s Not Enough to Believe in Jesus
You say that you believe in Jesus. But that’s not enough. Even the demons believe in Jesus.
It is your faith that makes the difference. Surrendering your soul to Him, and clinging to Him for your life.
Belief without such full surrender is demonic faith. And those with demonic faith will end with a demonic fate.
God’s Not After Obedience
God is not after obedience.
If He was, He would have created robots.
God doesn’t just want to change your behaviors. He wants to change your heart.
God is after desire.
Why We Must Be Saved
What’s flesh is flesh.
You can’t save your corrupted flesh through the efforts of your own corrupted flesh.
And sin kills.
That’s why we need Something bigger than ourselves to save us.
Tears of Repentance
Even our tears of repentance have to be washed in the blood of Jesus.
You can only hide from God, by hiding in God.
Those who are forgiven much, love much.
And when we think too lightly of sin, we are thinking too lightly of our Savior.
God’s forgiveness begins where blame-shifting ends.
Freedom Music
Christian spirituality is like a music birthed out of freedom. A language of the soul. Everybody sings their song the way they feel it, closing their eyes and lifting up their hands…
Wonder
When I think about the Universe, how scientists haven’t found the edge of it, how nobody knows exactly where we are on the map…
I think how there are really only two human responses to such beautiful mystery- terror and awe.
God tells us that fear is the appropriate response, that it is the beginning of all wisdom. Yet, I think too much of our time is spent trying to dissect God, to understand Him (so that we no longer have to fear) and too little is spent allowing our hearts to simply feel awe.
It’s ironic; we deprive our hearts of wonder and yet, we need wonder. We need wonder to explain what is going to happen to us. We all know that death is coming and we need something mysterious to happen after it. We need to know that God has things figured out, even if we don’t. We need there to be Someone bigger than us who has it all under control.
Yes, I think this is our greatest worship- wonder.